Hightech Information Systems, commonly known as the HIS, has announced its newest Radeon R9 series graphics card, the HIS R9 295X2 Liquid Cooler 8GB. Although carrying the fancy name, the new R9 295X2 Liquid Cooler is still based on AMD's reference design with the same hybrid liquid+air cooler co-developed by AMD and Asetek and known as the Project Hydra.

As all other Radeon R9 295X2 graphics cards on the market, the HIS R9 295X2 Liquid Cooler also packs two fully enabled Hawaii XT GPUs with 2816 Stream Processors per GPU as well as 4GB of GDDR5 memory per GPU paired up with a dual 512-bit memory interface. Cooled by dual water blocks/pumps connected to a 120mm radiator the GPUs ended up clocked at 1018MHz while 8GB of GDDR5 memory, cooled together with the VRM and the PLX bridge chip by a center placed fan, ended up clocked at 5.0GHz.

According HIS, the new HIS R9 295X2 Liquid Cooler graphics card will be available in retail/e-tail as of April 21st with a price tag set at US $1,499.

Since the GTX 650 Ti is breathing down AMD's neck, HIS has announced two new HD 7850 graphics card that will be a part of its IceQ X² lineup, the HIS HD 7850 IceQ X² and the HD 7850 IceQ X² Turbo.

Both new graphics cards are based on HIS' own design with custom PCB and cooler design and feature 2GB of GDDR5 memory. HIS decided to go with a dual-slot cooler with two 75mm fans as well as a custom PCB with an 8-phase VRM.

The HD 7580 IceQ X² works at reference 860MHz GPU clock while 2GB of GDDR5 memory ended up clocked at 4.8GHz. The HIS HD 7850 IceQ X² Turbo on the other hand features a hefty factory-overclock to 1GHz for the GPU while memory remained at reference 4.8GHz. In case you missed it, the HD 7850 is based on AMD's 28nm Pitcairn GPU with 1024 stream processors and features a 256-bit memory interface.

The precise availability date or the price have not been announced but these two are expected to be a direct competition to the GTX 650 Ti so we expect them to be priced accordingly.

The recently announced HIS 7790 iCooler Turbo 1GB GDDR5 graphics card has arrived at our doorstep and we want to share first impressions with our readers. If you are already familiar with the older HIS 7790 iCooler 1GB GDDR5, you can skip the intro and go straight down to check specifications because only difference that comes with new "Turbo" card are tuned up operating clocks. This means the new graphics card uses the same HIS iCooler cooler which is two slots wide, with the fan centered on the cooler.

The cooler is longer that the PCB, resulting in an overall length of 22.4cm (8.8").

The power connector is hidden behind the plastic cooler shroud that extends over the PCB length, but plugging a single PCI-E 6-pin cable into the connector is easier than it looks.

Specifications:

HIS managed to push the Bonaire GPU up from reference 1000MHz to 1075MHz, while the memory was overclocked from 6000MHz to 6400MHz. The overclock is not spectacular, but we believe it is controlled by AMD. Other AMD partners came up with the same factory overclock but not one of them dared to push his card further.

Cooling is not the problem as we can se from the iCooler performance. As you can see from the images below the GPU temperature is hold under 60 Celsius in Unigine Heaven at 1920x1080 resolution or in Hitman Absolution after half hour of playing at resolution 1920x1080. The iCooler it is not quietest HD 7790 cooler out there but it does not get loud even when the card is under full load.

The HD 7790 iCooler Turbo comes with 1GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory interface. Memory interface is the main drawback when it comes to the card performance but if we look it from other side it comes in good use to keep the HD 7790 slower than the HD 7850. Overall the HD 7790 has a great price/performance ratio and you will get a card that can keep up with most games at 1920x1080 with in-game settings lowered down to High.

According to EU price search engines, the new HIS 7790 iCooler Turbo is available across Europe starting at €122,80.

HIS has announced a new addition to its HD 7700 series lineup, the HIS 7790 iCooler Turbo 1GB GDDR5 graphics card. As expected, the new graphics card uses the same HIS iCooler cooler but also features factory-overclocked settings.

HIS managed to push the GPU up from reference 1000MHz to 1075MHz while memory got overclocked from 6000MHz to 6400MHz. It still feature 1GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory interface. In case you missed it earlier, the HD 7790 is based on the 28nm Bonaire GPU with 896 stream processors.

As noted, the new HIS 7790 iCooler Turbo still uses HIS' iCooler dual-slot cooler and still needs a single 6-pin PCI-Express power connector.

According to our info, the new HIS 7790 iCooler Turbo should be available across Europe pretty soon with a suggested price tag of €119,90.

HIS has updated its Radeon HD 7900 series lineup with a new HD 7970 graphics card base on AMD's Radeon HD 7970 GHz, or Tahiti XT2 chip, simply called the HD 7970 X. The new HD 7970 X graphics card features a custom PCB, HIS' IceQ X2 cooler and should be the company's flagship, at least for now.

The HD 7970 X features a custom PCB with a 20-phase power design and needs two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors. Despite an impressive PCB design, HIS decided to keep the card at reference 1GHz for the GPU and 6GHz for 3GB of GDDR5 memory. Of course, the new graphics card will be extremely overclockingfriendy, according to HIS.

The new HD 7970 X also features multi-color LEDs for GPU voltage and fan speed indication, as well as a single color LED that lights up when temperature is at certain level. It also comes with, now quite standard, voltage measure points.

The new HIS HD 7970 X will also be using HIS' IceQ X2 cooler with two 90mm fans and four heatpipes. The new graphics also support AMD Eyefinity 6, which means that it can output to six different monitors thanks to four mini DisplayPort, one DVI and one HDMI outputs.

Unfortunately, the price or the actual availability date have not been announced.

Following recent news on AMD's price-cuts, HIS sent a rather interesting e-mail detailing price-cuts of its entire HD 7000 series lineup. The price cuts will thus include HD 7970, HD 7950, HD 7870, HD 7770 and HD 7750, where the only card missing from the list is the HD 7850.

The good part of the story is that most partners have already silently started implementing these price cuts across Europe. HIS has updated its new prices and the new list starts with HD 7970 IceQ X2 Turbo, which is now priced at €419,90, while "reference" HIS HD 7970 Fan now goes for €399,90.

Mindfactory.dehas already updated its own HIS lineup with these new price tags. Here is the full new pricing list including all cards from HIS.

HIS has updated its Radeon lineup with yet another HD 7800 series graphics card, the HIS HD 7870 Fan 2GB.

The new HIS HD 7870 Fan 2GB card features HIS' "Fan" cooler that is basically a dual-slot cooler with a center placed fan that promises up to 13°C lower temperatures when compared to the reference card and less than 28dB of noise. The new HIS HD 7870 Fan 2GB card is left at reference 1000MHz clock for the GPU and 4800MHz for the same 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface.

Since we are talking about HD 7870, it features 1280 stream processors and needs two 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors. HIS was keen to stress that this one should have a better OC capability with easy OC with their iTurbo overclocking software.

Unfortunately, the price or the actual release date haven't been announced.

HIS has announced yet another addition to its Radeon HD 7800 lineup, the HIS 7850 Fan 2GB card.

Featuring custom cooling with a center-placed fan, the new HIS 7850 Fan 2GB works at 860MHz for the GPU and has 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4800MHz and paired up with a 256-bit memory interface. Since we are talking about AMD's HD 7850 graphics card based on 28nm Pitcairn Pro GPU you are looking at 1024 stream processors.

According to HIS, the new 7850 Fan 2GB should end up with noise levels below 28dB and it comes with HIS' own iTurbo overclocking software. It features one DVI, one HDMI and two mini DisplayPort outputs.

The new card is currently listed in Europe with a price tag set at around €220.

According to a post over at Expreview, HIS is working on a new, and completely custom, addition to the HD 7900 series lineup, the HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² graphics card.

The new HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² is actually the first HIS IceQ graphics card that will feature a dual-fan cooler. Although there are no details regarding the specs of the card, we are pretty sure that HIS will throw in a hefty factory overclock.

As for the cooler itself, we are looking at a dual-slot design with large heatsink that is connected to the GPU via three 6mm and two 8mm nickel-plated copper heatpipes. The big heatsink is cooled by two 112mm axial fans. According to HIS, the IceQ X² should be up to 17 °C cooler and 15 dB quieter when compared to the reference design.

AMD's highly anticipated flagship 28nm single-GPU card, the Radeon HD 7970, has now officially become available from Newegg nearly twenty-four hours before its official launch.

The 28nm Tahiti-based GPU is available from six different add-in board partners - Sapphire, PowerColor, HIS, ASUS, XFX and Gigabyte - with a price range between $549 and $599 and approximately $8 dollar shipping within the continental United States.

We expect more AMD retail and online e-tail partners should have already received inventory and will begin listing the card for sale within the next twenty-four hour time period. Meanwhile, we expect Newegg's preliminary inventory to be purchased very quickly, as these cards are drawing large amounts of anticipation from PC hardware enthusiasts who value their overclocking potential and overall performance benefits.

Newegg's product listing for AMD Radeon HD 7970 models can be found here.